Asterolepis verrucosa M'Coy 1848 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Asterolepidiformes - Asterolepididae

Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1848. On some new Fossil Fish of the Carboniferous Period. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 2:1-10

Belongs to Asterolepis according to F. M'Coy 1848

Sister taxa: Asterolepis alticristata, Asterolepis chadwicki, Asterolepis concatenata, Asterolepis cristata, Asterolepis dellei, Asterolepis essica, Asterolepis estonica, Asterolepis maxima, Asterolepis orcadensis, Asterolepis ornata, Asterolepis radiata, Asterolepis saevesoederberghi, Asterolepis scabra, Asterolepis sinensis, Asterolepis syasiensis, Asterolepis thule

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Armagh (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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